I live in TORQUAY, in the County of Devon,
which is in the South West of England.

In this part of Devon
we have our own micro climate and are able to grow, quite successfuly, the
Torbay Palm (Cordyline Australis) this one was photographed on Babbacombe Downs
on 15th Sept2004

My main hobbies are Genealogy and local
history. You will find links at the bottom of the page that will take you to my
Family pages- the LEAMAN family from Widecombe in the Moor and Torquay, and my
maternal family of HOOPER from Exbourne and Torquay.

There are various pertinent entries from 19th
& 20th Century directories, for Torquay, St Mary Church, Cockington etc.
Plus an Index to the 1861 census for the Parish of St Mary Church

You will also find photos and information on
my home town of TORQUAY in glorious South Devon, plus some earlier photos from
my collection will help give you an idea of what the town was like in the late
1800's and early 1900's

There is also a collection of links to other sites both for genealogy and more
information about Devon and Torquay in Particular.

A recently compiled listing, the result of 15 years research by two of our
local historians, of World War 2 Military and Civilian dead from Torquay, the
military names have been engraved onto new panels which are affixed to the
Cenotaph that stands in Princess Gardens, on the sea front. If you know of
anyone not listed, but who should be, please let me know at the e-mail address
below.

I feel very honoured to be allowed to publish
these names on to my web site- please respect the copyright.

I hope you enjoy your visit, if you think you connect with any of the families
mentioned, you just want to know something about the area or if any of the
links do not appear to work please e-mail me

PLEASE NOTE (Feb 2009):- I can assure everyone that I am still alive
& kicking- there are numerous results in Google saying that a Terry Leaman
has died. Whilst my thoughts go out to the family involved, I can assure you it
is not me.